What does a 'skein of prejudice' mean?
I came across this sentence:
What confidence can we have that the result is anything more than a self-consistent skein of prejudice?
What does the phrase 'skein of prejudice' actually mean?
Solution 1:
From the Grammarist:
Skein most often refers to a coil of yarn, though it may also be used figuratively to mean an element belonging to a more complicated whole.
...a self-consistent element of prejudice.